Scotty Lago, Shaun White and rookie Taylor Gold on the podium after the fourth halfpipe qualifier at the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain, where Gold punched a ticket to Sochi with his third-place finish Friday.

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If you're looking to watch back-to-back 900s all day, call Elena Hight. She's had her 9s on lock since 2003. In fact, she was the first woman to land one in competition (at only 13 years old) and immediately became a halfpipe star. She made her way onto the Olympic team in 2006, when she finished sixth. She was back on the team in 2010, taking 10th in Vancouver. She kept the ball rolling in 2011 with an appearance on the Dew Tour podium before racing off to the backcountry to film.

Hight was all silver and gold in 2012, taking home back-to-back silver medals at the Aspen and Euro X Games alongside victories at the Burton US Open and Sprint U.S. Grand Prix.

In the 2013 season Hight made history at X Games Aspen and took women’s snowboarding to a whole new level. She was the first snowboarder (male or female) to perform a double backside alley-oop rodeo in a halfpipe competition. Her performance earned her a silver medal and she then went on to win another silver at X Games Tignes.

In the 2014 season, Hight continued to chase down the double backside alley-oop rodeo, hoping to make history with it at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. Unfortunately she fell short of that goal, narrowly missing a spot on what would have been her third Olympic team. Don’t worry; she’ll be back in the halfpipe for 2015, ready to boost bigger than ever.

FIRST TRACKSThanks to her father Mike, Hight first stepped on a snowboard at age six. She began competing in local events when she was eight. Her skills progressed quickly and she skyrocketed upward, landing at some of the biggest competitions in the world before she could even drive a car.

OFF THE SNOWWhen not making history on a snowboard, you’ll find Hight on the beach and in the ocean surfing. She also likes to run and cook.